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Nazi Vengeance
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Read more: Nazi VengeanceAn extract from our feature release ‘Massacre in Rome’ and was soley released to capitalise on its star Richard Burton. The label was designed by Marianne Frost and printed by yours truly. Label courtesy of Peter Brooke at ‘SPROCKETS’
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Massacre in Rome
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Read more: Massacre in RomeThis historical war drama was something of a first for us, we were much more at home with horror or adult sexromp comedies. Maurice Wilson, MD of Grand National, almost gave the rights this title to us. Based on a true incident in which on March 23, 1944: 33 German soldiers were killed by a…
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These Lights Must Not Go Out
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Read more: These Lights Must Not Go OutAnother gem from the Pathe vaults! It begins with the Empire Leicester Square at night. Crowds in the front of the cinema greets the stars who arrive: Jack Hawkins, Gary Cooper, Richard Todd. Inside the cinema more stars are seen: Kenneth More, John Mills with wife and daughter, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors chatting to Sir…
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We Dive at Dawn
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Read more: We Dive at DawnI can’t for the life of me recall which of the two Rank Distributors ‘submarine’ dramas we issued first. This title or ‘Above us the Waves’, but one of them was edited by myself, Derek said try to ‘eliminate as much as possible from the first reel and the rest should be easy!’. This wasn’t…
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Kamikaze
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Read more: KamikazeThis item was discovered by Derek as he leafed through the index cards of Pathe News. It was entitled ‘Kamikaze Suicide Bomber’ but we dropped the last two words when it was finally released. It contained footage of the Pacific Fleet at sea. American planes landing on an aircraft carrier – some crash land. Antiaircraft…
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‘The Nazis’ & ‘The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Germany’
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Read more: ‘The Nazis’ & ‘The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Germany’I can offer very little in the way of information on these two black and white one reel subjects. They were already available for sale when I first joined Derann in 1975 and I do recall Derek telling me about their origins. However that was a long tome ago and all I can bring to…
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Above Us the Waves
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Read more: Above Us the WavesI can’t for the life of me recall which of the two Rank Distributors ‘submarine’ dramas we issued first. This title or ‘We Dive at Dawn’, but one of them was edited by myself, Derek said try to ‘eliminate as much as possible from the first reel and the rest should be easy!’. This wasn’t…